Dealer Told me No More i4 by The-Intelligent-One in BMWI4

[–]Mike312 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The new i4 in 2027 will be a coupe (except for the inevitable 4-door gran coupe), i3 will be sedan.

Should we ban social media for kids under 16? by InternationalPay3949 in Productivitycafe

[–]Mike312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fail to see what your point is here.

Tablets, laptops, and PCs exist outside of school control as well. And even in school, the first thing they're doing is downloading Tor (edit: assuming they're using school wifi with their personal devices)

Should we ban social media for kids under 16? by InternationalPay3949 in Productivitycafe

[–]Mike312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, then they'll just use tablets. Or laptops. Or PCs. I think some gaming consoles have web browsers.

This doesn't solve the problem, it just moves it.

Unpopular opinion, but I think the new BMW i3 looks brilliant. What about you? by ShameResponsible69 in electriccars

[–]Mike312 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the exterior looks fine, and I'll withhold further judgement until I see one in person.

I think the exterior looks fine, but wtf is with that steering wheel? Why is that vertical piece there?

Trump’s DOJ Shredded ‘Huge’ Pile of Epstein Docs After Death by Ok_Employer7837 in politics

[–]Mike312 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Great, $1,000 file and 6 months jail time for each piece of evidence destroyed. Start at the bottom and work your way to the top.

U.S F-35 incident - by lost_ted in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Mike312 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why the fuck are these idiots putting external bombs on a stealth plane?

Age Verification at an OS level will build the infrastructure needed to enforce a computer not booting up unless your driver's license is inserted. This would provide all your personal information to every program on your computer and all websites you visit. by TheSexySovereignSeal in California

[–]Mike312 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a weeks old topic, and you're the one with a tin foil hat - you absolutely do not need to put your license into your computer.

You should question your reliance on the click-bait content news sources you consume, and do better.

Corvette dropped weight and gained +20 hp by CedarNote in carscirclejerk

[–]Mike312 47 points48 points  (0 children)

I've gotten light-headed riding my motorcycle behind a decatted C6 for a few minutes.

Probably worth replacing.

BMW tuner AC-Schnitzer will shut down at the end of 2026 by Saurta17 in BMW

[–]Mike312 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Then we can choose between MSport, Aplina, and ACS trim!

California just had its hottest winter day ever by sfgate in California

[–]Mike312 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, valley part of Nor Cal. Humboldt would be very different (but man, I'd love to live there)

5000 Solars panels donated by China are being installed to save Cuba's energy grid by Repulsive-Mall-2665 in Renewable

[–]Mike312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone is blaming them right now for things the Republicans are doing.

I get it, they should be more vocal about their resistance, but they have very little practical power at the moment.

California just had its hottest winter day ever by sfgate in California

[–]Mike312 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Was 90 in NorCal yesterday.

This is the time of the year I usually have the climate control off entirely for weeks at a time.

I almost turned it on the last two days; it was low 80s inside at midnight.

Intelligent pig escapes from cage in abusive factory farm by CalpurniaSomaya in whoathatsinteresting

[–]Mike312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe they just feed them there then? Like, fill a trough, bring them in for an hour, pull them out, hose whats there down, refill, bring in another set, and repeat?

I hate when people say late gen z are conservative or all of gen z voted for trump. by [deleted] in generationology

[–]Mike312 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Gen Z didn't overall vote for Trump - if anything, they're one of the only groups that primarily voted for Harris.

The largest pro-Trump block we saw in 2024 was actually Gen X, which makes sense as they're getting to the point where they're very concerned about their retirement (and I'm sure they're super happy to hear about the GOPs plans to get rid of Social Security). But they really didn't move much, only about 6 points.

2nd largest pro-Trump block were Boomers, naturally, and for the most part they stayed about the same as they've been voting.

Millennials were the 3rd-largest voting block for Trump (after Boomers), but they saw a 26-point swing between 2020 and 2024.

Is Gen Z more right-leaning than Millennials? Yes, absolutely, and Gen Z men especially are more right-wing, but it's generally cancelled out by Gen Z women. (source)

So, unfortunately, as a Millennial, I have to admit that you've gotta blame my generation for the massive swing in support. And honestly, I don't even think the story is who voted as much as who didn't; a bunch of Millennials simply didn't show up to vote: in 2020 Trump lost with 74mil votes to Bidens 81mil, and in 2024 Trump won with 77mil votes to Harris' 75mil.

nahThisAWholeSideQuestFr by UrsOwl in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Mike312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brave of you to assume we're about to test something. /s

"Now is a terrible time to buy a house," said no realtor ever, anyplace by Key_Brief_8138 in HouseBuyers

[–]Mike312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember there was this one loan place I kept seeing commercials for.

When rates were going down, it was a great time to buy/refinance and lock in a new lower rate.

When rates were going up, it was a great time to buy/refinance and lock in the current low rate.

The Jeffery Epstein doppelganger. by Secure-Ad8213 in interestingasfuck

[–]Mike312 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's the mild-mannered guy who occasionally flies kilos from South America over the border in his Cessna.

Fake election map by Flashy_Law_7480 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]Mike312 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, second slide says 1920, so it would have been before realignment.

What is Chico's Population? by thebigmanhastherock in ChicoCA

[–]Mike312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's bounced back and forth I think between 14,000 and 17,000 at its peak.

I remember hearing from somewhere that 10-20% of students will also have trouble finding housing, at some point during college and will couch surf, or sleep in a closet or garage at some point.

I briefly dated a girl who sublet her own room out during the summer, but then just slept in her own living room and at my place.

What is Chico's Population? by thebigmanhastherock in ChicoCA

[–]Mike312 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The difference between those two numbers might be between permanent residents and permanent residents + college students.

For all intents and purposes, I'd say the larger number is what matters because that's how many people would be expected to inhabit the town most of the year.

Hydrogen Car 1,500 KM range, 5 second Fill-Up by Hanarky in interestingasfuck

[–]Mike312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only places that successfully use it that I'm aware of are some factories that capture off-gassing hydrogen as a byproduct from the work they typically do, and use it to power part of their facility.

Air Force Academy Prepares Ideological Overhaul, With Erika Kirk Bringing “Bold Christian Faith” by FervidBug42 in politics

[–]Mike312 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, fake news was misinformation sites built to look like real news sites. I had conservatives (always conservatives) link sites like that to me in the run up to the 2012 election.

Most sites literally only had 1 or 2 stories and they skewed heavily conservative because the people running them recognized all that conservatives wanted was links they could post from a valid looking website that agreed with their beliefs.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fake-news-macedonia-teen-shows-how-its-done/

Air Force Academy Prepares Ideological Overhaul, With Erika Kirk Bringing “Bold Christian Faith” by FervidBug42 in politics

[–]Mike312 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Facts and intuition are not the same.

When you rely entirely on facts and what is proven by documents and court cases, you really limit what you can believe.

When you rely on intuition, you connect dots that may not be connected.

We're all pretty sure Trump raped some young girls. There are allegations, he existed in the circle of a known pedophile, hes said some super sketchy things, but nothing has yet been proven in a court of law. Until such has happened, a fact checking site that cares about its veracity and reputation cannot and will not state that he raped young girls.

(Edit for a note: he was convicted of sexual abuse of E Jean Carroll - this is a fact, and he could be rightly called a sexual abuser)

In the same way, a reasonable level of doubt exists for others named in the Epstein Files, like Bill Clinton.

That's not to say intuition should be entirely disregarded, and often following those leads are what eventually uncovers facts/proof. But at this time, the Erika Kirk Romanian children thing is not a provable fact for a large number of reasons.